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ADMINISTRATION NOMINATES NEW EPA ADMINISTRATOR
Mar. 5, 2013
BrownfieldAgNews reports:
President Obama has nominated Gina McCarthy to be the next administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
For the past four years, McCarthy has headed up the EPA's air and radiation office, where she has been actively involved in decisions on the Renewable Fuels Standard and E15. Brian Jennings, executive vice president of the American Coalition for Ethanol, says they're pleased with the appointment.
"We are (pleased). There were rumors about other names that may have been nominated, whether it's someone from the California Air Resources Board, or others," Jennings says. "We know the President is a strong supporter of renewable fuels and we believe Gina McCarthy understands the importance of the RFS to our country-and the importance of E15-and so we're looking forward to working with her."
Obama has also nominated MIT professor Ernest Moniz as energy secretary, but Jennings says the energy secretary does not have much influence in the area of renewable fuels.
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